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Definition of 'moot'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) moot, mot, . Related to (l).
Adjective
( en-adj)
Subject to discussion (originally at a ); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
* 1770 , (Joseph Banks), The (published 1962):
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* 1851 , (Herman Melville), :
- [T]he uncertain, unsettled condition of this science of Cetology is in the very vestibule attested by the fact, that in some quarters it still remains a moot point whether a whale be a fish.
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 477:
- The extent to which these Parisian radicals ‘represented’ the French people as a whole was very moot .
(North America|chiefly|legal) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
- Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day (1903) Moot Points : Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day
(North America) Having no practical impact or relevance.
- That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot .
* 2007 , Paul Mankowski, " The Languages of Biblical Translation ", Adoremus Bulletin , Vol. 13, No. 4,
- The question [whether certain poetry was present in the original Hebrew Psalms] in our own time is moot , since various considerations have made it certain that, of all the hazards presented by biblical translation, a dangerous excess of beauty is not one of them.
Synonyms
* (without relevance) irrelevant, obsolete (if it was previously relevant)
Derived terms
* moot point
* moot court
Noun
( en-noun)
A moot court.
* Sir T. Elyot
- The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots .
A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
(Scouting) A gathering of Rovers (18–26 year-old Scouts), usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
(paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
(historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality).
(shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Derived terms
* folkmoot
* gemoot
Verb
( en-verb)
To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
To discuss or debate.
* Sir W. Hamilton
- a problem which hardly has been mentioned, much less mooted , in this country
* Sir T. Elyot
- First a case is appointed to be mooted by certain young men, containing some doubtful controversy.
(US) To make or declare irrelevant.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
* Ben Jonson
- There is a difference between mooting and pleading; between fencing and fighting.
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Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
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Similar to 'moot'meat, mutt, meet, met, mot, moat, mat, mett, mott, mitt, matt, maat, mnt
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